Cyberspace abuzz with speculations on poll results

As speculations are rife over the state assembly poll results, which are to be declared on Thursday, social networking sites are also buzzing with discussions on exit polls and even online exit polls.

TNN | Dec 20, 2012, 04.40 AM IST

SHIMLA: As speculations are rife over the state assembly poll results, which are to be declared on Thursday, social networking sites are also buzzing with discussions on exit polls and even online exit polls.

Most of the activity is happening on pages either created by political parties, individual politicians or their supporters. Going one step further than exit polls, the margin of victory for individual candidates is also being hotly debated. Some of the local discussion groups include Himachal Pradesh Elections-2012, Corruption-free Bharat, Jubbal Kotkhai Congress, Congress Hamirpur HP, Jubbal Nawar Kotkhai and CPI(M) Shimla.

BJP Jubbal Nawar Kotkhai had discussions by followers whether BJP candidate from the constituency Narender Bragta would win by a huge margin or not. On the other hand, Jubbal Nawar Kotkhai Congess support page had discussions with supporters discussing whether Nawar belt will be the deciding factor for Rohit Thakur's (Congress) victory.

Gurjeet, an inquisitive student from Himachal Pradesh University, posed a question to friends in the form of an online exit polls titled 'Kiski Sarkar Banegi?'. To this, his friend Kiran replied - "May the best candidates win, though the latest exit polls show a 50:50 chance for both Congress and BJP."

Sociologist S K Sharma, who is also a fellow of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Shimla, said, "The opinion of youngsters on social networking sites about politics and happenings around them are indicative of a social change the society is going through. This also indicates new awakening the society has arrived at and point out that the younger generations is also aware and a concern has emerged amongst them about the state of affairs, be it politics or societal matters."

Congress big shot Virbhadra Singh's son Vikaramaditya's account had best wishes flowing with followers and fans replying to his status message. CPM support page had messages declaring victory for 'Lal Salam'.

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